MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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