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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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