MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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