MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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