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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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