MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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