MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
online education have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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