MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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