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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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