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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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