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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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