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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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