MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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