MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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