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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning are empowering
humans
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
People want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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