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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
elearning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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