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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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