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 Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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