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.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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