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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
elearning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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