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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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