MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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