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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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