MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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