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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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