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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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