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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gambia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
major 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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