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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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