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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
endeavours.
People want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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