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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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