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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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