MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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