MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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