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.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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