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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
electronic education technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Guiana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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