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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
digital education technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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