MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education have empowered
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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