MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
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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