MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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