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.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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