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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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