MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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