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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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