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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important 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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