MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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