MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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