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
book
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
digital education technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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