MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology enable
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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