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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
online learning have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
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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