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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are empowering
learners
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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