MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belize to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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