MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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