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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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