MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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