MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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