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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
digital education technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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