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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
elearning are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOCs?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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