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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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