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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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