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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Romania to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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