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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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