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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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