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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
learning technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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