MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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