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.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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