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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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