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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning have enabled
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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