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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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