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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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