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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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