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.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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