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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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