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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
People want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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