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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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