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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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