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.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education have enabled
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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