MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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