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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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