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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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