MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology enable
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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