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.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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