MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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