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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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