MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Babson College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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