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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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