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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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