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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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