MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Angola to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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