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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Emory University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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