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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
elearning technology make it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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