MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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