MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive 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
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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