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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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