MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mauritius to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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