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
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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