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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different 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 organizations
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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