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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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