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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Namibia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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