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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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