MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Japan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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