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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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