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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses 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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