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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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