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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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