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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guatemala to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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