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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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