MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eritrea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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