MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning enable
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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