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.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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