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.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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