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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
India to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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