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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
digital education technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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