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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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