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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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