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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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