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
book
which
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
technology-enhanced learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Swaziland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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