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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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