MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
People want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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