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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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