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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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