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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
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