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.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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