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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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