MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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