MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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