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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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