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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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