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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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