MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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