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
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning technology have empowered
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
People want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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