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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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