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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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