MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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