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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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