MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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