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.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
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