MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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