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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
key 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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