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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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