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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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