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.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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