MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
digital education technology enable
learners
all over the world
to participate 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 online MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
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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