MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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 is a
book
that
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pakistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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