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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lebanon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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