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.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major 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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