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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
American Samoa to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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