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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
elearning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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