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
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Luxembourg to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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