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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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