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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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