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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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