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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online education technology enable
humans
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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