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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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