MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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