MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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