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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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