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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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