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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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