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.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kazakhstan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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