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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology enable
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Albania to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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