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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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