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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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