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 Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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