MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology make it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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