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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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