MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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