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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education enable
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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