MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are considering
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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