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
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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