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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Namibia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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