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
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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