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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
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