MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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