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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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