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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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