MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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