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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
online education have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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