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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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