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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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