MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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