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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kazakhstan to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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