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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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