MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Cambodia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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