MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Tajikistan to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
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