MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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