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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
all right?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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