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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
important new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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