MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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