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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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