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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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