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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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