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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Luxembourg to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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