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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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