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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
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