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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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