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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nicaragua to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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