MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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