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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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