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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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