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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
online education technology make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
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 considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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