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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Greece to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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