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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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