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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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