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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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