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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bangladesh to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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