MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Somaliland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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