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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are considering
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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