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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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