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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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