MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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