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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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