MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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