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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
digital education technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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