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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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