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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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