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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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