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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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