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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online education enable
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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