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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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