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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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