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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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