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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
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