MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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