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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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