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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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