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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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