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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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