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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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