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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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