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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic 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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