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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
elearning are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
South Africa to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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