MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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