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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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