MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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