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.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also investigates 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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