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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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