MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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