MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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