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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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