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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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