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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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