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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are considering
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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