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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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