MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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