MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
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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