MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Niue to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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