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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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