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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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