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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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