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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
elearning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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