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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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