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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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