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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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