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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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