MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
digital education technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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