MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yemen to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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