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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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