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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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