MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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