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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology enable
students
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
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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