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.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
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