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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Students want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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