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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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