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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning have empowered
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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