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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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