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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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