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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education are empowering
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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