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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bahrain to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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