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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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