MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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