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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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