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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
distance learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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