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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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