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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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