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
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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