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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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