MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cambodia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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