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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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