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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
usually 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
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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