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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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