MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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