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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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