MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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