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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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