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 this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Italy to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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