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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education have provided the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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