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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mauritania to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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