MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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