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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important 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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