MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Poland to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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