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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Martinique to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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