MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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