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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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