MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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