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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates 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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