MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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