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
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
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 several
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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