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.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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