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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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