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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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