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.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
learning technology have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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