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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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