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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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