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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
e-learning are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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