MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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