MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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