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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online education are providing the means for
learners
all around 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 massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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