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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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