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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mozambique to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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