MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online education are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Singapore to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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