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.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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