MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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