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.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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