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
that
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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