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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Niger to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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