MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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