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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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