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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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