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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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