MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
electronic educational technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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