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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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