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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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