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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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