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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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