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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online learning have enabled
students
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
People want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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