MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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