MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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