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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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