MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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