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.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Fiji to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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