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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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