MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
elearning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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