MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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