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
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
e-learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
demand for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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