MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology enable
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nicaragua to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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