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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
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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