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.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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