MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wake Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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