MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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