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.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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