MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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