MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
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
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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