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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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