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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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