MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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