MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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