MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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