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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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