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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online education technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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