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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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