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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burundi to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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