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.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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