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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
learning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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