MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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