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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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