MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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