MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online learning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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