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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Vietnam to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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