MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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