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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
learning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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