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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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