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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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