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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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