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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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