MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
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