MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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