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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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