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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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