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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Duke University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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