MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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