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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bahrain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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