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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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