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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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