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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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