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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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