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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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