MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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