MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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