MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Botswana to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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