MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning have empowered
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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