MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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