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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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