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.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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