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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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