MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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