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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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