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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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