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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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