MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different 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 teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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