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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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