MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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