MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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