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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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