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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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