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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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