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
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online education enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Baker Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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