MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology enable
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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