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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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