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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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