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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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