MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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