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.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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