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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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