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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Albania to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
endeavours.
People want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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