MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity 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 in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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