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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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