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.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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