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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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