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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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