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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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