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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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