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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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