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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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