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.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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