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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important 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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