MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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