MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
explores
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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