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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
digital education technology enable
students
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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