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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online learning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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