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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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