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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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