MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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