MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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