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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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