MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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