MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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