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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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