MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are considering
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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