MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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