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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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