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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
distance learning technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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