MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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