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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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