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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
elearning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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