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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online education have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Santa Clara University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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