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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
elearning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belize to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major 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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