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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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