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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
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