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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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