MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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