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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ireland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the 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 intriguing new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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