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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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