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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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