MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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