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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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