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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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