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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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