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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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