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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also deals with 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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