MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also analyzes the
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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