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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Albania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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