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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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