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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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