MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning technology make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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