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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malaysia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This 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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