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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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