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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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