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.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
open education
ventures.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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