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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines 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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