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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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