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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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