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.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
e-learning have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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