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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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