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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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