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.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education technology enable
learners
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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