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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Norway to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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