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.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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