MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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