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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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