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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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