MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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