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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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