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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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