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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic education technology enable
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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