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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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