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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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