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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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