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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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