MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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