MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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