MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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