MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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