MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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