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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Helena to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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