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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
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