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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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