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 is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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