MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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