MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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