MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
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