MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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