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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
distance learning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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