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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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