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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
online learning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ascension to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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