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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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