MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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