MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Portugal to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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