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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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