MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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