MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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