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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
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