MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Montenegro to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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