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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online education are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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