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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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