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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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