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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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