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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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