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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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