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.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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