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.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
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