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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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