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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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